Veil.



A. P. COOLBROTH.

VEIL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17 1916- 1,Q56,204. Patented Feb. 12,1918.

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VEIL.

APPLICATION HLED JAN- l7. 9H5. 1,256,204. Patented Feb. 12, 1918.

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Application filed January 17,1916.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, A-UeUs'rn P. COOL- BROTH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, resid, ing at Brookline, county of Norfolk, Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVeils, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to veils, and particularly to a veil designed foruse by motorists and others whose head coverings are necessarily exposedto the disarranging effect of strong currents of air. As is well known,the ordinary veil is a simple length of material which is wound aboutthe hat and. tied, pinned, or otherwise secured in a more or lesseffective manner. The veil structurally does not fit the hat, and it isnot intended that it should fit. The fastening devices themselves aredepended upon solely to maintain proper engagement of hat and veil. Forthis reason, the familiar veil of general use, while perhaps sufiicientfor ordinary purposes, is not satisfactory when worn while motoring orthe like.

The present invention contemplates a veil especially designed to meetand overcome the unusual conditions imposed in such uses, and involvesfundamentally the provision in the veil of a crown receiving pocketwhereby the veil may be adapted to and engaged with the hat in theproper relation, as a covering and confining element, therefor. Theeffective receiving capacity of this pocket is adjustable so that theveil may be adapted to hats of varying slzes and this capacity foradjustment itself secures proper fit of the veil to the hat. Thearrangement is such that when applied the pocket portion of the veilingmaterial fits over the crown of the hat with an elastic bindingengagement at the front of the crown and a gathered engagement at theback of the neck of the wearer, disposing the ends of the materialdownwardly over the brim of the hat at opposite sides in confiningrelation to the hair, said ends being brought together and secured underthe chin of the wearer. This not only provides for proper engagement ofthe veil with the hat without the use of pins or the like, but secures aproper confinement of the hair at the back and sides of the head underthe brim of the hat.

My veil may also be used without a hat,

Specifica ion 9 Let e s aten atented F b 1211.91??- Serial Ne. 72,390.

as in attending those functions where it is customary to-go bare-headed,in which case the receiving pocket of the veil fits directly over thehead of the wearer. In such adaptation, however, it is desirable topositively secure the veil at the back of the neck. This mayconveniently be effected by slightly modifylng the veil structure toprovide an adjustabl'y gathered section at the rear edge thereof. Thissection yieldi-ngly engages the back of the neck and eifects'a' pxopcrconfinement of the hair as well as enabling the veil itself to beadjusted to properly fit the head of the wearer. I

The construction and manner of using my veil will be more fullydisclosed in the specificatio n which follows. Throughout thespecification and drawings like reference numerals are employed toindicate corresponding parts, and in the drawings:

Figures 1 and 2 are front and side views of my vei-l applied to a hat.

Figs. 3 and 4 are general views of the veil removed, and illustratingparticularly the hat receiving pocket,

Fig. 5 is a .detail view of a portion of the veil before the elastic isapplied. w

Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are general views of a modified form of my veilespecially adapted for evening wear, and i i Fig. 9 is a transversesection through one of the elastic gathering devices used in both formsof my veil. i

:My veil consists of a length of material 1 pr i d at pp te e ges Pe rth re with devices for gathering or bunc liing the material, whereby todefine a suitably shaped receiving area or pocket 2 for the hat. Thedevice at that edge of the strip l which is disposed at the front of thecrown when in use consists of an independent section 3 of suitablematerial which is lapped under and secured in any desired manner. as bystitching, to the veil proper 1, as best shown in Fig. 5 whichrepresents a .step in the production of the complete veil. The section 3is preferably of the circularly curved shape as shown in that figure,and is adapted to be subsequently gathered or puckered as shown in Figs.1 to t inclusive, whereby to extend as an adjustable pendent lunetteportion at the front of the hat crown. This may conveniently be effectedby means of a suitably covered elastic 4 which is first distended andthen applied in any desired the section 3 to gather or pucker asindicated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive. The rows of stitching which'securethe section 3 to the blank 1 are covered by a pair of covering strips 5.The strips 5 are secured at opposite points, preferably the points 43,along one edge of the veil in any desired manner, and are disposed, inthe embodiment shown, as a roughly circular band.

The adjustable section 3 therefore engages the front portion of thecrown of the hat with a sufliciently tight engagement to prevent theveil accidentally slipping from the hat. The elastic nature of themember 4 enables the effective area of the section 3 and thus the pocketto be adjusted to hat crowns of different sizes so that the veil willsnugly fit a wide range of hats.

The material of the veil at the rear of the hat and which in use comesat the back of the neck is restricted and confined as clearly shown inFigs. '2 and 3. This may be efiected in any desired manner as by meansof the transversely disposed strip 6. The mate rial of the veil at thispoint is gathered so as to provide several overlying folds 7 and thestrip 6 is stitched through these folds. This confines the veil at theback and causes it to fit snugly at this point.

In applying my veil, the crown receiving pocket 2 is drawn over thecrown of the hat so as to position the adjustable section 3 at the'front and the gathered portion 7 at the rear. The ends of the veil arethen drawn down over the brim of the hat, thereby confining the hair atthe back and sides, and knotted under the chin. The adjustable section 3in addition to permitting adjustment of the effective receiving capacityof the crown pocket to hats of different sizes has the further andimportant efiect of immediately tightening when applied, whereby tosnugly engage the veil upon the hat. The whole provides a simple andeffective means for securing the hat in place and for preventing thehair from escaping.

In the adaptation shown in detail in Figs.

naseyaoa 6, 7 and 8, the veil is especially designed for evening wear.In this use, no hat is worn. The veil is therefore slightly modified tosecure a proper conformation thereof to the head of the wearer. Theplaited section at the back is formed as an adjustable gathered section10 by inserting an elastic similar to the elastic 4 between a pairof'covering strips 8 and securing said strips to the rear edge of theveil 1, as indicated at 99. This elastic produces the gathered orpuckered portion indicated at 10, Fig. 7. This portion is disposed atthe back'of the neck when the veil is applied to the wearers head, andserves with the adjustable section 3 to secure proper adjustment of theveil to the head as well as properly engaging the veil at the back ofthe neck. The veil is elaborated slightly by introducing between thecovering strips of both elastics, fillets of lace or the like 11.

Various other modifications in the form and construction of my veil mayobviously be resorted to, all without departing from the spirit of myinvention, if within the limits of the appended claims.

What I therefore claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: j

1. A veil consisting of a blank, a covering section attached to an edgeof said blank and leaving a free edge, and a gathering device secured tothe ends of the covering section at their points of attachment to theblank and extending along the free edge of said section.

2. A veil consisting of a blank, an adjustable covering section having astraight edge and a curved edge and secured along said straight edge toa longitudinal edge of the blank, and a yieldable gathering devicesecured at its ends to the ends of the straight edge of said coveringsection and extending along the curved edge of said section.

3. A veil consistingof a blank, a covering section attached to an edgeof said blank and leaving a free edge, and a gathering device secured tothe ends of the covering section at their points of attachment to theblank and extending along the free edge of said section, and a secondgathering device secured to said blank near the opposite edge thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUSTA P. COOLBROTH.

Witnesses:

GEO. B. RAWLINGS, VICTORIA LOWDEN.

Castles of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

